The Worst of all of the Villians...

“Florida coach Urban Meyer stepping down following Sugar Bowl for health reasons”.

I could not believe my eyes when this text message came from ESPN on Saturday December 27, 2009. Is this really happening? THIS IS HUGE!!! Immediately I got on the phone and placed a couple of calls getting this to anyone who may not have received the message yet. Nothing like this has happened before, not in my lifetime at least. Coaches come and go, but not like this. Not from jobs like this. He was the HEAD COACH at possibly the most dominant school in the country over the last five years. He was 56 – 10 during that time, including 2 National Championships. Then the news came, this is for health reasons. It was reported that it was nothing life threatening…YET. He was quoted as saying “it was self-destructive” referring to the way he was living his life. As a husband and a father of five, I fully understand the value of doing WHATEVER is in the best interest of your family regardless of what others think, say, or write. No amount of money will ever be able to replace daddy in a home. Good for you Urban Meyer. I was truly happy for him. Maybe, I was wrong about his ego. Maybe he was different from ALL of the other coaches.

Then came Sunday afternoon. “Florida head coach will take temporary leave of absence following Sugar Bowl”. Here we go, the egotistical coach is here. I was right about this guy all along. He is in the same group as all of these other guys. He is working some angle to get more money, a better job, better office, whatever it is, this was all for to create attention for himself. This was supposed to be about these kids! This was supposed to be about Tim Tebow’s final collegiate game after what may have been the best career from any player in THE HISTORY OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL!!! Thanks Urban, the spotlight is all on you. That afternoon I was glued to the “Sugar Bowl Press Conference” (aka. The Urban Meyer Show). The emotion and concern Meyer seemed to display hooked me again. “Did you see how scared he looked, those doctors must have told him something horrifying” I told all of my buddies. “I know it’s a leave of absence, but he will be gone for at least a season, HE IS SCARED” I bought into him hook, line, and sinker.

Then THE question…

In your gut, do you believe you will be on the sideline on September 5 (the Gators 1st game in 2010)? “I do in my gut believe that will happen”.

How did we go from my lifestyle is “Self Destructive” and therefore I must retire to I think will be on the sidelines for the 1st game in 2010?

Now it comes out that Urban Meyer will be the coach during the annual Spring Game in April. Let me get this straight, the schedule you have is “Self-Destructive” and you need to retire on December 27, and now, LESS THAN ONE MONTH LATER, you will be on the sidelines for the Spring Game. GIVE ME A BREAK!!! Urban Meyer, you should be ashamed of yourself. You took the Sugar Bowl from the Cincinnati Bearcats, who had a GREAT SEASON. That is fine, the attention needs to be about your school, GREAT, put the attention where it belongs, ON YOUR PLAYERS!!!

Way to go Urban, You have managed to have even less class than Lane Kiffin, of course, I am sure the only reason that comment bothers you, is because there is a name other than Urban Meyer being mentioned.

Until Next Time...